Your tax return can help you develop your tax-planning strategy for stock options, restricted stock/RSUs, and holdings of company stock. Now that you have filed your first tax return after all the changes under the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act, you can make more accurate projections for the year ahead. Consider your future income, taxes, AMT risk, and use of capital-loss carry-forwards. Review the details of your stock plan documents to develop a program for option exercises and restricted stock/RSU vesting.